This is actually almost embarrassing as I feel I should know this but prior to now I'd used natural gas for so long I forgot how this works.
About to buy a new BBQ. My current place doesn't have natural gas hookup so I'm going back to propane.
What do I do? I know when I used to have a propane tank I would take it to Macs or whatever and IIRC they'd just trade me for another one and I'd pay a reasonable amount.
But now that I dont' have a propane tank of my own at all how does it work? Do I still go to Macs or wherever and just pay more the first time? Do I need to buy my own outright from Home Depot or something?
Don't bother with the "Tank Traders" or things like that. The prices are higher and you'll just pay more in the long run. Plus it is a pain to wait for the Mac's attendant to come out and unlock the tanks for you because they are usually busy in the store. A guy actually gave me a tank because he was fed up of waiting for the Mac's guy to come out, and when he did, he didn't give the guy his deposit back (he didn't need the tank anymore because he was moving out of province and couldn't put it on the truck). So he straight up gave it to me and wouldn't accept anything in return - it was half full too.
Buy your own tank, or even better two of them, and get them filled up at Costco. It is $9 a fill there, which I believe is about half that of Co-op. You just go in, pay for the fill at the tire desk, and they'll meet you back at the propane tank and fill it. But even at the Co-op price it is still usually cheaper and quicker than waiting outside of Mac's.
Don't bother with the "Tank Traders" or things like that. The prices are higher and you'll just pay more in the long run. Plus it is a pain to wait for the Mac's attendant to come out and unlock the tanks for you because they are usually busy in the store. A guy actually gave me a tank because he was fed up of waiting for the Mac's guy to come out, and when he did, he didn't give the guy his deposit back (he didn't need the tank anymore because he was moving out of province and couldn't put it on the truck). So he straight up gave it to me and wouldn't accept anything in return - it was half full too.
Buy your own tank, or even better two of them, and get them filled up at Costco. It is $9 a fill there, which I believe is about half that of Co-op. You just go in, pay for the fill at the tire desk, and they'll meet you back at the propane tank and fill it. But even at the Co-op price it is still usually cheaper and quicker than waiting outside of Mac's.
Just my recent experience anyway.
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Don't bother with the "Tank Traders" or things like that. The prices are higher and you'll just pay more in the long run. Plus it is a pain to wait for the Mac's attendant to come out and unlock the tanks for you because they are usually busy in the store. A guy actually gave me a tank because he was fed up of waiting for the Mac's guy to come out, and when he did, he didn't give the guy his deposit back (he didn't need the tank anymore because he was moving out of province and couldn't put it on the truck). So he straight up gave it to me and wouldn't accept anything in return - it was half full too.
Buy your own tank, or even better two of them, and get them filled up at Costco. It is $9 a fill there, which I believe is about half that of Co-op. You just go in, pay for the fill at the tire desk, and they'll meet you back at the propane tank and fill it. But even at the Co-op price it is still usually cheaper and quicker than waiting outside of Mac's.
Just my recent experience anyway.
So I bought a full tank from Canadian tire today. Does that mean I can bring it to Costco to get filled when it runs out?
My theory is that in addition to buses on the roads, you get parents who drive their kids to school. These parents often drive further, backtrack and just generally spend more time on the road, even if they are on the way to work themselves.
These slowdowns ripple though and make everyone just a little bit later which, in addition to the lack of vacation, crams more people into the same roads, where before they would spread out a bit because people have the freedom to show up a little early to avoid traffic or get some extra work done.
For example, if I am dropping my niece and nephew off at school, I need to get to Heritage and Macleod (roughly). Then I would need to get to work downtown. That means for a good portion of the time I need to be on a major route to get downtown, whereas normally I just run down Odgen road and cut across by the Stamplede grounds. I also need to get them to school no earlier than 8am, whereas before I would try and get to work by 7:30-8:00 most days.
Hordes of people drop their kids off at school between 6:30 to 7:15 am? And they all congregate outbound into the city at 162nd and Mcleod in Shawnessy at that time?
What kind of maniac schools are these?
Cowperson
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I have a theory... More people commuting from parasite communities colliding with more people living on the very south edge of town results in more and more and more traffic.
I'm not just being a jackass here. The parasite joke was obligatory, but the more and more people? It's a fact. I work in the home building industry and there are possessions every single day in these edge of town communities, and in Okotoks and probably the other bedroom communities. Every day there are a few more cars joining the traffic jam, but the road doesn't get any bigger.
I have a theory... More people commuting from parasite communities colliding with more people living on the very south edge of town results in more and more and more traffic.
I'm not just being a jackass here. The parasite joke was obligatory, but the more and more people? It's a fact. I work in the home building industry and there are possessions every single day in these edge of town communities, and in Okotoks and probably the other bedroom communities. Every day there are a few more cars joining the traffic jam, but the road doesn't get any bigger.
I've been living southwest of the city for 14 years and it does seem to have something to do with start of summer and end of summer.
Like clockwork on Sept 1 or the first full workweek of September, it jacks up dramatically, every year. This one has been over the top though.
The Deerfoot Extension relieved a lot of pressure when that came on board and it's been a pretty easy commute most of the time.
It was three lights to get through 162nd/McLeod at 6:30 a.m. today and it was about five or six lights at 7 a.m. last week.
Sidestreets can also be jammed as you move past 7 a.m.
I looked at the city's on-line construction map last week and there seemed to be something happening at Deerfoot/Marquis of Lorne (22X) so I'm not sure if that's the reason.
And yes, new subdivisions opening up next to MacLeod near 162nd, and in Okotoks, High River, Black Diamond and Turner Valley. More people.
Just a little strange that BAM!!!, right after Sept 1, traffic flow quite literally tripled. Someone threw a switch somewhere. Schools? Maybe. Or just construction somewhere else.
I work near Fish Creek Park so it's not a terrible bother but the first snowstorm is going to be even more of a gong show than it might otherwise be.
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Didn't realize I was that early you were talking about.
No sweat.
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